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Custer County

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Custer County

County in southwestern South Dakota, USA; area 4,038 sq km/1,559 sq mi; population (1990) 6,200. The county is bounded by the Wyoming border to the west. It is named after General George A Custer, who came here in 1874; its seat is Custer. Including within its boundaries Custer State Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, and Wind Cave National Park, it has a thriving tourist industry. The county produces dairy products, livestock, poultry, grain, and timber. There are mines in the area around Custer.

The county was the centre of the South Dakota gold rush of the mid 1870s.
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``All three victims were deceased,'' said Custer County sheriff's spokeswoman Paulette Gagnon.
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FPL Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of FPL Group (NYSE:FPL) and Public Service Company of Oklahoma, a wholly owned operating subsidiary of American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP), today joined about 150 guests near Weatherford to dedicate FPL Energy's Weatherford Wind Energy Center in Custer County, Oklahoma.
FPL Energy and PSO Dedicate Weatherford Wind Energy Center by Business Wire
5-megawatt wind turbines on more than 3,800 acres near Weatherford in Custer County, Oklahoma.
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